Eggs-tra junk? No thanks!

When we first discussed a week dedicated to reusing plastic Easter eggs my first thoughts were “what?” So I turned to friends and family for help and inspiration but the replies were all the same: “What are they?”

The reason being that this seems to be one of the few holiday-related retail opportunities that the UK hasn’t latched onto yet - and from what I’ve learnt I really hope we don’t. Don’t get me wrong, we certainly know how to create seasonal waste - the amount of packaging for the millions of chocolate Easter eggs lining the shelves is obscene.

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Undeterred though by my initial ignorance, I turned to the internet where I came across this article on the aptly named Geeky Housewife promising 50 uses for plastic eggs. While many of these might seem faintly ridiculous to me, there are some gems in there.

I like the idea of punching small holes in the egg and using them to hold pot pourri or lavender, a great handmade car air freshner. Pretty them up by using the knitting pattern Kelly found, or felting them like Autumn suggests. Anyhow if you do find yourself surrounded by piles of discarded plastic eggs perhaps the Geeky Housewife will have just the suggestion for you.

Despite finding some creative uses for these left over plastic eggs I’d have to admit that I’m with Autumn on this one “Don’t purchase them anymore” and please don’t send them over here, were having enough trouble with the chocolate ones.

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